Ten questions from the 100 on the U.S. citizenship test. You must score sixty percent or better to pass.
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
3. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
4. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
5. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
6. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
7. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
8. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
9. Who was the first president?
10. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answers in first comment.
The answers are:
Answer 1: The Constitution.
Answer 2: The Bill of Rights.
Answer 3: The Senate and the House.
Answer 4: Nine.
Answer 5: Thomas Jefferson.
Answer 6: Atlantic.
Answer 7: Democratic and Republican.
Answer 8: Six.
Answer 9: Washington.
Answer 10: The president.
I scored a rousing 70%. I can still be a citizen!
One was a total brain fart. The other two were total inexcusable mistakes.
I got all of them! But I teach Middle School history, so I’ve had a refresher recently.
I always think I should compete on that “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” program, but then I contemplate the embarrassment in the likely event that of failure.
Before I read the questions, I figured I would pass, but not do great. Then, I went on to get all of them right–with hardly a pause to think of each answer. Now I feel better about myself as we prepare as a nation to celebrate Independence Day. I deserve to be an American after all! (As if the fact that my ancestors on both parents’ side arrived 300 or more years ago wasn’t sufficient justification to feel that way.)